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Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning who ‘offered boy to BBC colleague’ jailed for 13 years
October 10, 2016 · By Telegraph Reporters for www.telegraph.co.uk
Chris Denning, the disgraced Radio 1 DJ, has been jailed for 13 years as it emerged he “offered” one of his victims to another BBC presenter who replied that he “didn’t do that sort of thing”. The prolific paedophile, 75, used his fame to sexually abuse dozens of young boys in the 1960s, ’70s and […]
Read More...Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad becomes UN goodwill ambassador
September 27, 2016 · By Middle East for www.bbc.com
A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by so-called Islamic State militants is to be appointed a UN ambassador. Nadia Murad, who is also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will become the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. Her “appointment marks the first time a survivor of atrocities […]
Read More...Slavery reports rise fivefold, Salvation Army says
September 27, 2016 · By Mat Trewern for www.bbc.com
The Salvation Army says it has seen nearly a fivefold rise in the number of slavery victims it has helped in England and Wales since 2012. The charity says it supported 1,805 people from April 2015 to March 2016. By comparison, it had 378 referrals between July 2011 and June 2012 – its first year […]
Read More...Duterte: My mouth can’t bring down PH
September 26, 2016 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
To investors worried about his public pronouncements, he says: ‘Lumayas kayo’ (Leave MANILA, Philippines – He may curse at world leaders and threaten criminals, but President Rodrigo Duterte insists his mouth can’t bring down the country. “Do not keep complaining about my mouth because my mouth is not the problem. It cannot bring down a […]
Read More...PHILIPPINES: CHURCH ELDER’S BRUTAL MURDER LEAVES CHILDREN ORPHANED
September 19, 2016 · By www.releaseinternational.org
Naomi and her brother, Joseph, are all alone and in need of help. Their father has just been brutally murdered, leaving this 12-year-old girl and her ten-year-old brother as orphans. Their father, Perfecto, was apparently killed for his faith and his work as a church elder. Their mother left to work abroad years ago – […]
Read More...Violent crimes against women in England and Wales reach record high
September 8, 2016 · By Sandra Laville for www.theguardian.com
Director of public prosecutions says use of social media to threaten and control is driving factor behind 10% rise in number of cases to 117,568 in 2015-16 The number of prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls in England and Wales reached a record level last year, the director of public prosecutions said, as […]
Read More...Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after ‘whore’ jibe
September 8, 2016 · By Asia for www.bbc.com
US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a “son of a whore”. Mr Duterte was responding to the US president’s promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting. The Philippine leader, known for his colourful language, […]
Read More...President Obama cancels meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
September 7, 2016 · By Asia for www.bbc.com
President Duterte’s outspoken style and crime-fighting record have made him popular with many Filipinos. Here are some of his most contentious statement: Insulting the US president With China and the Philippines engaged in a dispute over territory, it would be conventional for Mr Duterte to build close ties with the country’s most powerful ally, the […]
Read More...Priest wants facts from Duterte not guesses
September 7, 2016 · By CATHOLIC NEWS OF THE WEEK sundayex.catholic.org.hk
MANILA (Agencies): Monsignor Meliton Oso accused the president, Rodrigo Duterte, of shooting his mouth off when he randomly publicly accuses people of involvement in the drug rackets. The director of Social Action in Jolo told Radyo Veritas on August 11 that he is taking particular exception to the naming of Jeffery Selis, who was included […]
Read More...Mother Teresa- Saint
September 5, 2016 ·
Mother Teresa- Saint “We speak of unlimited human potential, the superman and the super mind; but we are so unwilling to admit that the human person is made to God’s image…visible today in the face of this individual, whether he is the President of the nation, a world-famous author, a slum child, a dying destitute, […]
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